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Letter from Arthur Schuster, on his Bakerian Lecture 'Experiments on the discharge of electricity through gases. Sketch of a theory' to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/9/238

Date: 07 May 1884

Description

Asks for the paper to be considered an abstract, and his pencil-marked annotations should be added to the paper. He feels it cannot be cut down further without being 'unintelligible'.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1884].

Reference number
RR/9/238
Earliest possible date
07 May 1884
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from Arthur Schuster, on his Bakerian Lecture 'Experiments on the discharge of electricity through gases. Sketch of a theory' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 07 May 1884, RR/9/238, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_238/letter-from-arthur-schuster-on-his-bakerian-lecture-experiments-on-the-discharge-of-electricity-through-gases-sketch-of-a-theory-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 20 July 2026

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